ANNE LIVINGSTON

Born in Annapolis, MD

Lives and works in Seattle, WA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023 Slow Color Project — The Ballard Collective, Seattle, WA

  • 2021 Painting the Song – Verity Credit Union, Seattle, WA

  • 2020 Pairings Virtual Art Show – Market Street Shoes, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Color Backstory – Verity Credit Union, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Spring Flowers Art Show & Live Painting – Market Street Shoes, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Snow Day – Classic Consignment, Seattle, WA

  • 2018 Delicious – Addo, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023 Abstract, Iterate - Rose & Orange Studios, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 The Bathers - Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 Come Together Now - Push/Pull Gallery, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 Fruiting Bodies - Push/Pull Gallery, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 Modern Color Atelier Student Exhibition - Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 Best of Gage - Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2022 Gage Spring Art Auction and Gala - Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2021 Modern Color Atelier Student Exhibition - Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA

  • 2021 Best of Gage – Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2020 Best of Gage – Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Holidaze Holiday Art Market – Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 AWE: Artistic Women’s Endeavors – Made Co-working Space, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Best of Gage – Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2018 AWE Holiday – Art Show Made Co-working Space, Seattle, WA

  • 2018 Natural Forces – Made Co-working Space, Seattle, WA

  • 2018 In the Making – Sunset Hill Community Club, Seattle, WA

WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS

2023 Slow Color Project: Using Color to find Meaning, Focus and Joy, author

2012-2014 Edible Seattle Magazine, regular columnist

EDUCATION

Degrees Earned

  • 2023 MFA Creative Practice, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England

  • 2012 AAS in Culinary Arts, Seattle Culinary Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 1995 Master in Teaching, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

  • 1992 BA, Comparative Literature/Italian, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Selected Painting, Drawing, and Photography Coursework

  • 2021-2022 Modern Color Atelier, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2019-2022 Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2012 Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

  • 2001 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

  • 1998 Academy of Realist Art (now Gage Academy), Seattle, WA

  • 1989 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Selected Instructors Studied Under

  • Jeffrey Simmons

  • Kimberly Trowbridge

  • Linda James

  • Terry Furchgott

  • Barbara Fugate

  • Patricia Ridenour

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2017-present Professional Painter, Independent

  • 2009-16 Food Stylist and Photographer, Writer, Independent

  • 2012-14 Food Stylist, Photographer, Writer, Recipe Developer, Edible Seattle Magazine

  • 1996-2006 Teacher, English Department Head, Grade Level Team Leader, Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue, WA

  • 1998-2000 Dean of Students, Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue, WA

  • 1996-99 Painting & Drawing Instructor, Forest Ridge Summer Program & Clubs, Belleveue, WA

ART AND ACTIVISM PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS

  • 2019 Color Backstory Project – A one-year project in which I researched, painted illustrative color studies for, and wrote about the relevant history and properties of over 50 paint pigments and colors, sharing the paintings and research on social media to engage about the findings.

  • 2018 Tahara – Art directed and painted in Aura Ruddell’s music video, directed by Alwin Szeto.

  • 2018 Fashionable Resistance – Collaboration with Millinery Shannon Stabbert. Art piece hat decorated with flowers that represented founding principles of our country. Exhibited at the Art of Millinery Show at Social Fabric in Bellingham, WA.

  • 2016 SoupZine – Wrote, illustrated and published a zine-sized soup cookbook as a fundraiser for Earthjustice.

  • 2002 Facing the Future – Served as an educator representative for Facing the Future program to integrate curriculum at Forest Ridge School: Building global awareness and critical thinking for solutions in world sustainability.

  • 1999-2006 Global Days – Co-created, co-organized and implemented an annual campus-wide, multi-day education event at Forest Ridge School to build awareness and critical thinking about the most urgent issues for our planet. These events included group collaborations to create large-scale art projects and installations to demonstrate understanding and strategies.

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2022 2nd Place, Abstract Category in Painting, Best of Gage, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 3rd Place, Abstract Category in Painting, Best of Gage, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA

  • 2019 Selection for Seattle Asian American Film Festival – Music Video Tahara (Art Director and Painter), Seattle, WA

  • 2009 Winner, Product Photography, Foodsnap, Seattle, WA